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Posted By Ciera-Marie 11 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News

$ST. PAUL, MN - NOVEMBER 4: U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) speaks during a press conference at his campaign headquarters November 5, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Coleman's narrow lead in his U.S. Senate race against opponent Al Franken has triggered an automatic recount to determine the winner. (Photo by Cory Ryan/Getty Images)\r\n$

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The Twin Cities Pioneer Press reports that a probe has been launched into Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman's ties to businessman Nasser Kazeminy:

Federal investigators are looking into allegations that a longtime friend and benefactor tried to steer money to U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, the Pioneer Press has learned.

Agents with the FBI have talked to or made efforts to talk to people in Texas familiar with the allegations, according to a source familiar with the situation.

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Ciera-Marie11 months, 3 weeks ago

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An update of sorts regarding Senator Norm Coleman.

No this is not made up, not a crap story, and is viable. It's all over the local media here.

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  Newperson11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  Good story ciera-Marie you got interest
  
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k9kssr11 months, 3 weeks ago

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And this makes how many senators/governors/mayors involved in scandal and corruption just this year? Let's see....Blagojevich, Edwards, Craig, Foley, the New York governor, that senator from Louisiana wasn't it....feel free to jump in, I'm sure I am missing some.

The corruption crosses party lines, position and geographic locale. We need to keep that in mind when these threads turn into a blood sport. Politicians, in this day and age, should be considered guilty until proven innocent as soon as they take the oath of office. That way no one will be shocked, upset, disappointed or even thrilled when we learn about the dirty politician of the month.

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  CRYMTYPHON11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  I believe in a healthy distrust of polititians, K9,
  - but I don't think I can agree to assuming they are guilty until proven innocent.
  
  That would lead to even more fighting; and even more cynicism.
  Nor would it be fair to the accused, (of whatever party); and all the honest people would
  just give up running for any office.
  
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    k9kssr11 months, 3 weeks ago
    
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    Crymp
    
    It seems to me all the honest people have already given up running for office. It's very hard not to become cynical.
    
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  rimbaud11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  Is this a by-product of the FBI's greater vigilance against terrorism? All that "listening in" has got to have some other payoffs than catching terrorists, eh?
  
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  GWHayduke11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  Sounds to me like Lockster is the sore loser.
  
  Thats OK though.......keep on with your failed ideology as the rest of the world passes you by, grandpa.
  
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    crespi11 months, 3 weeks ago
    
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    Is Franken still going to do comedy if he is elected?
    
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  BB6411 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  I agree this sounds more like a Franken sore loser story. I do find it interesting the DNC has a governor charged with tons of corruption and Huffy post doesn't mention this at all. Obama supported him in the race too and had photos taken with him. Yet we don't hear much about this anymore. At least not on the lefty sites. Double standards, your name is Democrat.
  
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    lfergie81211 months, 3 weeks ago
    
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    Do you actually believe like Locky12 that Franken controls the FBI enough to launch an investigation of his opponent? How ignorant. Obama has asked the Illinois governor to resign and the governor's actions have nothing to do with Obama.
    Double standards?? If the Illinois governor is guilty, remove him. If Coleman is guilty, remove him. Stevens of Alaska was found guilty and the Republicans still voted for him and you want to talk about double standards and hypocrisy. ROFLMAO
    
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  earthlingerer11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  Franken already had "the meeting" with "those in power". It's been a foregone conclusion who the senate would allow as a member.
  
  I guess they had already put the fork in Coleman, and he was done in November.
  
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    StevieGee11 months, 3 weeks ago
    
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    So... You're saying that the Senate elects the senators? My understanding is that the voters elect the senators. Talk about conspiracy theories. If the election is finally determined to be a tie, which seems more and more likely, I believe that in Minnesota they flip a coin.
    
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  earthlingerer11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  At this point, the recount doesn't even matter. With all the irregularities of the election, the senate itself has already decided the winner.
  
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  Sludge-Guzzler11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  You obviously don't know how much of a douche bag Al Franken is. I don't care for Coleman either but he is the lesser of two evils. Before the recount, Coleman was up by only 150 votes or so. Last time I checked after the recount he was up by about 650-700. I find it strange that this "investigation" makes the papers just a few days before Minnesota has to make the decision on who wins and who loses. Franken has to be behind it.
  
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    lfergie81211 months, 3 weeks ago
    
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    "Franken has to be behind it."
    Yeah, Franken had the Republican controlled FBI (who's the Attorney General this week?) release this information so he would have a chance to be declared the winner. ROFLMAO What a bunch of losers.
    
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Tartak91111 months, 3 weeks ago

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Sounds a lot like the relationship between Rezcko and Obama.

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  dunkirk11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  SOunds like we found another duplicate Locky12 entry. ROFLMAO.
  
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    Tangent00111 months, 3 weeks ago
    
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    This sock puppet even misspelled Rezko the same way!
    
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Eagle_Eye11 months, 3 weeks ago

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Good post CM!!

I hadn't heard this one.

It is really sad how bad the corruption lies in our government, I hope that it all gets ferreted out so that we can start this new administration out without a lot of BS to waddle through. We can't afford any more time not focusing on our countries problems and being dragged down by corruption.

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    lfergie81211 months, 3 weeks ago
    
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    Sounds like a statement from Sen. Stevens' campaign committee just before he was found guilty. Maybe they haven't looked in the freezer yet.
    
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dunkirk11 months, 3 weeks ago

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Im still waiting for the Bible to burst into flames when these guys take their oath of office. Illinois is taking it hard, we have our own governors wing at the state Pen.

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StevieGee11 months, 3 weeks ago

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I don't think that he actually got any money, knew that they were trying to give it to him, or that the FBI was investigating him. The FBI should go ahead and investigate though.

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  BB6411 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  I would agree. And when they find nothing, every media outlet that attacked him should have to print a retraction or correction. Then again, huffy post would never do that, when has a liberal ever admitted they were wrong?
  
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    lfergie81211 months, 3 weeks ago
    
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    "when has a liberal ever admitted they were wrong?"
    I think it was about the same time a Conservative admitted he was wrong.
    
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    StevieGee11 months, 3 weeks ago
    
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    Maybe when you admit you were wrong about the Obama citizenship attacks.
    
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Hhussk11 months, 3 weeks ago

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Does anyone find it surprising that the auto bailout story is being ignored and instead...we're talking about an investigation into a Republican senator...and that a investigation surrounding Jesse Jackson Jr. is also being ignored?

I didn't realize how many liberals were actually running this show...

Look, if Coleman did something wrong, I'm sure there will be an indictment....down the road. And when that indictment comes, I'll be happy to discuss it.

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  HannibalBarca11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  Well yesterday it was all about blarco or how ever you spell that corrupt chit; today it is a different chit.Just stock up on toilet paper, and flush twice as it is a long way to Washington DC
  
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Spadecaller11 months, 3 weeks ago

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I think the Republican party has to start recruiting politicians from the state penitentiaries to save the tax payers time and money. They can serve while they are on work-release programs.

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  Hhussk11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  I think the Republican party has to start recruiting politicians from the state penitentiary to save the tax payers time and money.
  
  Do you realize that you're making this remark on the emergence of a heavily corrupt Democrat Party scandal? Are you ignoring Charlie Wrangel, William Jefferson, Tim Mahoney? I don't know if you're ridiculously partisan or just stupid for making that statement.
  
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    StevieGee11 months, 3 weeks ago
    
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    I think that spadecaller was making this comment in jest. Sorry you didn't get it. I think that ALL elected officials should be held to the highest of ethical standards. When they don't, investigations and prosecutions should occur. I don't have enough information on this story so I'll just wait and see what happens before deciding how I feel. I'm not privy to the FBI investigation and neither, obviously, is the author of this article. Their personal lives should be left out of it as long as it's legal. A blow job is legal. Mens room sex and prostitutes (mostly) are not.
    
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    Spadecaller11 months, 3 weeks ago
    
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    Don't you think that is fiscally responsible?
    
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